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19. IN A BRICK STACKING MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF: A CONVEYOR; FIRSTMEANS FOR RECEIVING A ROW OF BRICKS FROM SAID CONVEYOR; AN ELEVATORDISPOSED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIRST MEANS; POWER MEANS FORMOVING SAID ROW OF BRICKS OVER SAID ELEVATOR SECOND MEAND FORTRANSFERRING THE SAID ROW OF BRICKS ONTO SAID ELEVATOR; MEANS FORPREVENTING THE MOVEMENT OF SOME SAID BRICKS IN SAID ROW TO THEREBY FORMOPENINGS THEREIN, AS THEY ARE MOVED FROM SAID FIRST MEANS TO SAIDELEVATOR; AND THIRD MEANS FOR PLACING A SUPPORTING MEMBER ABOVE SAIDOPENINGS TO SUPPORT A SUPERIMPOSED ROW OF BRICKS THEREABOVE.